Record overcrowding at local hospitals during January
Sligo and Letterkenny university hospitals were among the most overcrowded in the country for the first month of 2022. According to an Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation analysis, 817 patients waited for a bed in…
Doherty calls for independent investigation into Department of Foreign Affairs gathering
A Donegal TD is calling on the Taoiseach Micheál Martin to hold an independent investigation into a gathering at the Department of Foreign Affairs in 2020. Deputy Pearse Doherty has made the call after…
Fresh appeal for information in relation to the murder of Shaun Duffy
Gardaí in Donegal have issued a fresh appeal for information on the murder of Shaun Duffy who was attacked and fatally wounded in his home at Meenacross, Dungloe, Co. Donegal, in the early hours of…
No GP’s in Sligo terminating pregnancies
A representative for the Sligo Action for Reproductive Rights Access has claimed that three years on from legislation being passed to legalise abortion there are no GP’s available locally for women that want to terminate…
Donegal councillors vote to remove Cllr. McBrearty from meeting, which has been adjourned six times
Six adjournments . . . and a councillor suspended from meetings for a month. That was the upshot of a stormy meeting of Donegal County Council today. Donegal county councillors had voted at their meeting…
Sligo Councillor calls for review into treatment for children with Spina Bifida
A Sligo Councillor is calling for the urgent reviews for children with Spina Bifida. There are 82 children in Ireland with Spina Bifida currently requiring urgent Orthopaedic intervention. Sligo independent Councillor is…
McConalogue confirms food regulator will be appointed in March
Donegal TD and Minister for Agriculture, Charlie McConalogue has promised that legislation to appoint a food regulator will be introduced before the end of March. Farmers have been calling for government to move quickly…
